CVE-2004-1539

Exp

Halo: Combat Evolved 1.05 and earlier allows remote game servers to cause a denial of service (client crash) via a long value in a game server reply, which triggers a NULL dereference.

Published: 2004-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2004-1539 is rated High Exploit Risk (66.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.07%, 91th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2004-1539

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
651 exploit_db edb 2004-11-22 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-1539

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 7.63% 7.07% -0.56%
2 2025-03-29 7.07% 7.63% +0.56%
3 2025-03-17 — 7.07% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-1539

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-1539

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-1539

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gearbox_software halo_combat_evolved 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:gearbox_software:halo_combat_evolved:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gearbox_software halo_combat_evolved 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:gearbox_software:halo_combat_evolved:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gearbox_software halo_combat_evolved 1.5 cpe:2.3:a:gearbox_software:halo_combat_evolved:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gearbox_software halo_combat_evolved 1.31 cpe:2.3:a:gearbox_software:halo_combat_evolved:1.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-1539

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